The Legend of Oz: Wild West: Volume 1

The Legend of Oz: Wild West: Volume 1

Author: Tom Hutchison

Publisher: Aspen Comics

Published:

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13:

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Take a trip back over the rainbow to an Oz you never knew existed! Dorothy Gale and her newfound friends have a new foe on their heels...and it isn't the Wicked Witch of the West! Featuring re-mastered content, creator commentary and whole lot more, don't miss out on the newest BDI launch, LEGEND OF OZ: THE WICKED WEST!


Legends of Oz

Legends of Oz

Author: Denton J. Tipton

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781613779057

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Based on the animated film Legends of Oz! Building on the world created in the celebrated children's book by Roger Stanton Baum, Legends of Oz tells the tale of Dorothy's return to the land of Oz. But first, read about the events that transpired to necessitate her return, and witness the rise of the Jester!


Dorothy of Oz

Dorothy of Oz

Author: Roger S. Baum

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1989-10-16

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0688078486

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Afterword by Peter Glassman. "Dorothy is called back to Oz by Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, because the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion need help....The great-grandson of L. Frank Baum here adds to the Oz canon with a story that is true to the originals....Oz fans will welcome this new adventure."--Booklist.


Legends of the Wild West

Legends of the Wild West

Author: Robert Edelstein

Publisher: Centennial Books

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1951274350

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For several hundred years, the West had been the land of dreams, an extraordinary region of hope, expansion and opportunity where European countries—and then the young USA itself—sent their finest explorers to plant seeds in a seemingly untapped, open landscape. This spirit captured the popular imagination in the Wild West, those raucous 30 years between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of a new century. Within these pages, readers will explore true tales of rebels and heroes such as General George Custer, Buffalo Bill, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Annie Oakley, and Sitting Bull, among others. The Wild West was the American Dream on steroids. It was an age of gunfights and gold rushes, cowboys and Comanches, with the likes of Buffalo Bill, Jesse James and Billy the Kid making their names. It forged extraordinary legends and even bigger lies, with everything fueled by dime novels written back East that encouraged folks to grab their share of a promise that was difficult for this hard land to keep. This book looks at all these mythical characters, the start of the railroad across the nation, the cost it all dealt to the Native Americans whose land was lost, and the way Hollywood still keeps the dream alive. As historian Richard White says, “People could go west and no matter their failures elsewhere, they had an opportunity to remake themselves. It’s a symbol for a kind of individualism that actually doesn’t exist in the West, but mythically it does.”


Dorothy of Oz Prequel

Dorothy of Oz Prequel

Author: Denton J. Tipton

Publisher: IDW Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781613772171

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"Based on the animated film "Dorothy of Oz". Building on the world created in the celebrated children's book by Roger Stanton Baum, this title tells the tale of Dorothy's return to the Land of Oz. It also covers the events that transpired to necessitate Dorothy's return, and also lets you witness the rise of the Jester."


The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy

The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy

Author: Randall E. Auxier

Publisher: Open Court

Published: 2011-08-31

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0812697820

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From the bedtime story by L. Frank Baum to the classic 1939 film, no story has captured the imaginations of generations of children — and adults — like The Wizard of Oz. The story of Dorothy’s journey through Oz, the colorful characters, places, songs, and dialogue have permeated popular culture around the world. The contributors to this volume take a very close look at The Wizard of Oz and ask the tough questions about this wonderful tale. They wonder if someone can possess a virtue without knowing it, and if the realm of Oz was really the dream or if Kansas was the dream. Why does water melt the Wicked Witch of the West and why does Toto seem to know what the other characters can’t seem to figure out? The articles included tackle these compelling questions and more, encouraging readers to have discussions of their own.


The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

Author: Lesley Sims

Publisher: Picture Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781409555957

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Join Dorothy and her little dog Toto on the yellow brick road, as they set off to explore the magical Land of Oz.


Wicked

Wicked

Author: Gregory Maguire

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 0061792942

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The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.


The Wonderful World of Oz

The Wonderful World of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1998-08-01

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780141180854

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This fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels in which he developed his utopian vision and which garnered an immense and loyal following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces Dorothy, who arrives from Kansas and meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and a host of other characters. The Emerald City of Oz (1910) finds Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry coming to Oz just as the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer its people. In Baum's final novel, Glinda of Oz (1920), Dorothy and Princess Ozma try to prevent a battle between the Skeezers and the Flatheads. Tapping into a deeply rooted desire in himself and his loyal readers to live in a peaceful country which values the sharing of talents and gifts, Baum's imaginative creation, like all great utopian literature, holds out the possibility for change. Also included is a selection of the original illustrations by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.